Modesto Junior College (MJC) has eliminated their free speech zone as part of an agreement with the lawyers for a student suing the school after administrators prevented him from passing out pocket Constitutions on campus this past September.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), stated in a press releaseearlier today that MJC reached the agreement with lawyers for student Robert Van Tuinen.

Van Tuinen received national media attention after he caught administrators on videopreventing him from handing out the Constitutions as part of a Constitution Day event.

[WATCH] Admins prevent student from passing out pocket Constitutions on Constitution Day

“FIRE welcomes this development as a sign that Modesto Junior College is making important progress towards bringing its policies in line with the First Amendment,” said FIRE President Greg Lukianoff in the release.

“Today, Robert Van Tuinen and over 17,000 fellow students and faculty members may exercise their First Amendment rights without being confined to a free speech zone or required to register in advance.”

A spokesman for MJC did not return a request for comment from Campus Reform in time for publication.